Intro: (Drums)|AE |DA |: 6x
Verse 1:
AE |DA |
Sunday morning woke up yawning, filled the pool for a swim.
AE |DA |
Hold down the head and looked in the glass, just to see if I was in.
AE |DA
Went up the stairs and kissed my women, to make her come a-live.
Chorus:
|AE
'Cause with fifteen kids and a family on the skids,
|DA |
I got to go for a Sunday drive.
AE
Fifteen kids and a family on the skids,
/ (Break of 2-counts)
|DA |
I got to go for a Sunday drive.
Verse 2:
AE |DA |
That's how they are, so I grabbed out the car, con-vertible fifty-nine.
AE |DA |
Headed to the freeway, tried to find the Pasadena sign.
AE |DA
Ten miles and three quarters, I wasn't feeling any more a-live.
Chorus:
|AE
'Cause with fifteen kids and a family on the skids,
|DA |
I got to go for a Sunday drive.
AE
Fifteen kids and a family on the skids,
/ (Break of 2-counts)
|DA
I got to go for a Sunday drive.
Verse 3:
|AE |DA |
I used to be a minstrel free, with a whole lot of bread in my bag.
AE |DA
I used to feel that my life was real, but the good Lord threw me a snag.
|AE |DA
Now I'm gonna be the same as me, no matter how I try.
Chorus:
|AE
'Cause with fifteen kids and a family on the skids,
|DA |
I got to go for a Sunday drive.
AE
Fifteen kids and a family on the skids,
/ (Break of 2-counts)
|DA |
I got to go for a Sunday drive.
Verse 4:
AE |DA |
Turned 'round the car and headed for home, I guess I realized my fate.
AE |DA |
Ten miles and three quarters more, I pulled up outside the gate.
AE |DA
Twenty more kids were stood inside, and that made thirty-five.
Chorus:
|AE
'Cause with an orphanage full of thirty-five kids,
|DA
I got to go for a Sunday drive.
|AE
An orphanage full of thirty-five kids,
/ (Break of 2-counts)
|DA |
I got to go for a Sunday drive.
Verse 5:
AE |DA |
Sunday morning woke up yawning, filled the pool for a swim.
AE |DA |
Hold down the glass and looked in the mirror, just to see if I was in.
AE |DA
Went up the stairs and kissed my women, to make her come a-live.
Chorus:
|AE
'Cause with an orphanage full of thirty-five kids,
|DA
I got to go for a Sunday drive.
|AE
An orphanage full of thirty-five kids,
/ (Break of 8-counts)
|DA |
I got to go for a Sunday drive.
Outro: |AE |DA |: 5x
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.